A man is suing Facebook, alleging the company violates Illinois privacy law through its “tag suggestions” feature, the Chicago Tribune reports. Carlo Licata alleges Facebook has “secretly amassed the world’s largest privately held database of consumer biometrics data” and violated the state’s law by not informing him in writing that such data was being collected and stored as well as when it would be destroyed, the report states. Licata’s attorney argues Facebook’s privacy settings do not address his client’s concern. “If he changed the privacy setting that wouldn’t change anything because (Facebook) had taken his data and they’re holding on to it,” the attorney said, adding, “There’s no delete button.”
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